Lounging-chair.



N0. 828,079. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

W WILLIAMSON I LOUNGING CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED APR 1 1905 M14 INVENTOR WITNESSES: 7 042%,. w 0

' ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGHIN, n. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUNGING-CHAIR."

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed April 1,1905. Serial No. 25330 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lounging-Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention is a lounging-chair particu larly adapted for use in clubs, mens lounging-rooms, and similar places.

The improvements consist in certain constructions and combinations of parts and the equivalents thereof, as will be set forth in the specification.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a part-sectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, and Fig. i is a detail showing a modified form of connection between the back-post and the back-post round.

The chair consists in the seat 1, supported by the legs 2, the rear edge of the seat being provided with a projection 1 having an openended slot therein, through which passes a single back-post 3. The rearward slotted extension, which may lie in approximate alinement with the seat, is also provided with transverselyextending alined apertures adapted to receive a pin 1 springbolt, or the like, which also passes through an aperture in the back-post 8, adapted to register with the apertures in the extension, the pin being receivable in any of the apertures in the slotted extension for the purpose of adjusting the inclination of the back-post. The lower end of the back-post is held by a transverse round 4, connecting the lower parts of the two rear legs. The lower end of the back-post and the round 4 may be made integrally, or practically so, as shown in Fig. 2, the post and round being fast relative to each other, and the round may be secured to the rear legs 2 2 in any suitable manner as, for instance, by passing a tie-bolt 4 through the legs and longitudinally of the round in such a manner that the round may be slightly rotated as the back-post is more or less inclined, thus pivotally supporting the post. To the upper end of the back-post is secured a curved back-rest 5, and flush with the back of the back-rest and projecting rearwardly is a table 6, fixed to the back-rest by a bracket 7. By passing the back-post through the seat projection 1 and connecting it to the back-post round 4 great strength and rigidity are imparted to the chair. The single back-post makes a chair particularly convenient for use in a lounging-room, for one can conveniently sit astride the chair facing rearwardly and use the table 6 as a writing-table or game-board.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of back-post, the lower end of the back-post being provided with a slot 3 to engage the reduced middle part 4 of the back-post rail 4 and permit the vertical adjustment or the withdrawal of the back post through the opening in the projection 1 The chair can then be used as a bench, if desired. To hold the back-post in various positions of its vertical adjustment, I provide the spring-bolt 1 or other suitable device.

By the means above described I have pr'o duced a chair that is simple yet strong in construction and especially adapted for the uses-for which it is designed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A convertible chair comprising a seat, legs supporting the seat, rounds extending between and bracing the legs, an open-ended slotted extension projecting rearwardly of and in approximate alinement with the seat, the extension having its slot extending inwardly from its outer end and also provided with a series of transverse apertures, a backpost pivotally supported at its lower end and extending through the slot in the extension, a pin passing through the apertures in the extension and through the back-post for adjustably supporting the post, a transverselyextending curved back secured to and wholly supported by the back-post and an approximately horizontal table supported upon the upper end of the back-post, the forward edge of the table corresponding in shape to the curved back.

2. A chair comprising a seat, legs for sup porting the seat and rounds connecting the legs, one of said rounds being reduced at a point intermediate its ends, a back-post slotted near one end to receive the reduced portion of the round, means for adjustably securing the post to the seat, the post being removable from the seat, and aback and table carried by the post.

3. A convertible chair comprising a seat,

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legs supporting the seat, rounds extendin between and bracing the legs, an open-ended slotted extension projecting rearwardly of and in approximate alinement with the seat the extension having its slot extending inwardly from its outer end, and also provided I with a series of transverse apertures, a back post pivotally supported at its lower end and extending through the slot in the extension a pin passing through the apertures in the extension and through the back-post for adjustably supporting'the post, and a back carried by the post.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM WILLIAMSON.

Witnesses:

ROY WALLIS, A. A. EASTERLY. 

